Letters: March 6

Plaza proper for rally

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Plaza is a public park owned and paid for by the taxpayers of the city of Pensacola and should be open for any lawful use. Legality should be the only question asked.

The problem here is City Administrator Bill Reynolds, an employee of the city, wants to nullify the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to prevent proponents of the Second Amendment their lawful rights.

It is not "unfortunate," as he states, "that he nor the City of Pensacola have the ability to regulate or interfere with speech based upon the content of that speech." The law of the land says that no one has that right or ability.

What is unfortunate is that he or any other government official thinks that they should be able to censor speech.

While Mr. Reynolds is an unelected bureaucrat, we need to look at the elected officials who make these appointments. The government that can give you everything you want, can take it away.

- Phil ColtranePensacola

Pensacola

Prime space

Why should the city waste premier waterfront acreage on a YMCA? I repeat that question by Ruth Nichols from the Letters to the Editor, on Feb. 15 "Don't waste waterfront space."

I also ask why an office building is being built on that property; it has wandered far away from what was first planned for the property.

I was not sure a ballpark would be a success. Pensacola has a great history, and it could be represented by historic shops and restaurants with some of our local cuisine. Surely that would be something for the people visiting our area to enjoy. If we want people to come and visit our city, we need to have an area that tells a story of Pensacola and its heritage.